Sep 12 Firefighters hope to take advantage of cooler weather to gain upper hand against Southern California fires By Eugene Garcia, Amy Taxin, Olga R. Rodriguez, Eric Thayer, Associated Press Firefighters battling three major wildfires in the mountains east of Los Angeles are taking advantage of cooler weather as they slowly gain the upper hand against blazes that have destroyed dozens of homes. Continue reading
Sep 12 Hundreds gather on a Seattle beach to remember an American activist killed by the Israeli military By Gene Johnson, Associated Press The 26-year-old human rights activist from Seattle was killed by the Israeli military during a protest in the occupied West Bank. Many attendees Wednesday night carried photographs of Eygi in her graduation cap. Continue reading
Sep 12 Ahead of New York retrial, Harvey Weinstein is indicted on additional sex crimes charges By Michael Sisak, Associated Press The indictment will remain under seal until Weinstein’s arraignment, which could happen as early as Sept. 18. Weinstein, 72, is recovering from emergency heart surgery Monday at a Manhattan hospital and was not at Thursday’s hearing. Continue reading
Sep 12 Gallup analysis finds young women are more liberal than they've been in decades By Linley Sanders, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press The share of young women who hold liberal views on the environment, abortion, race relations and gun laws has also jumped by double digits. Becoming a more cohesive political group with distinctly liberal views could turn young women into a… Continue reading
Sep 12 WATCH: Senate holds hearing on bankruptcy of Steward Health Care as CEO refuses to appear By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Members of a Senate committee looking into the Steward Health Care bankruptcy said they plan to hold Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt after he refused to attend Thursday's hearing. Lawyers for de la Torre have said he's… Continue reading
Sep 12 Francine weakens moving inland as the storm leaves behind flooding and widespread power outages By Jack Brook, Sara Cline, Associated Press The National Hurricane Center predicted the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season would continue weakening. It's expected to slow down as it moves across Mississippi. Continue reading
Sep 12 First private spacewalk pulled off high above Earth By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press It was a high-risk endeavor reserved for professional astronauts — until now. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman teamed up with SpaceX to test the company’s brand new spacesuits on his chartered flight. Continue reading
Sep 11 Strengthened by warm oceans, Francine hits Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane By Michael Phillis, Associated Press Warm water in the Gulf of Mexico helped quickly strengthen Hurricane Francine, which made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm Wednesday evening. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch 6:51 News Wrap: Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as Category 2 In our news wrap Wednesday, Hurricane Francine strengthened to a Category 2 storm before landfall in Louisiana, the U.S. is sending $700 million in aid to Ukraine to help the country's battered energy grid, a group of state and local… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 10:28 Social media's role in fueling extremism and misinformation in a divided political climate By Judy Woodruff, Connor Seitchik Half of U.S. adults say they sometimes get their news from social media. However, almost two-thirds of adults say they view social media as a bad thing for democracy. This raises the question of what responsibility social media companies bear… Continue watching